The Gas Act 1986 (Exemptions) (No. 2) Order 1999

Interpretation

2.  In this Order—

“the 1986 Act” means the Gas Act 1986;

“contravene” includes fail to comply with;

“Director” means the Director General of Gas Supply;

“gas” means any substance which consists wholly or mainly of—

(a)

methane, ethane, propane, butane, hydrogen or carbon monoxide;

(b)

a mixture of two or more of those gases; or

(c)

a combustible mixture of one or more of those gases and air;

“gas processing facility” means a facility which carries out gas processing operations;

“gas processing operation” means any of the following operations, namely—

(a)

purifying, blending, odorising or compressing gas for the purpose of enabling it to be introduced into a pipe-line system operated by a public gas transporter or to be conveyed to an electricity generating station, a gas storage facility or any place outside Great Britain;

(b)

removing from gas for that purpose any of its constituent gases, or separating from gas for that purpose any oil or water; and

(c)

determining the quantity or quality of gas which is or is to be so introduced, or so conveyed, whether generally or by or on behalf of a particular person,

and “process” in relation to gas shall be construed accordingly;

“relevant premises” means the gas processing facility at the Lindholm Compressor Site, Vulcan Way, Bawtry Road, Hatfield Woodhouse, Doncaster DN7 6TE; and

“relevant transporter” means any person, not being the holder of a licence under section 7 of the 1986 Act(1) in respect of such conveyance, who conveys gas through pipes from the relevant premises for a distance not exceeding 16.093 kilometres to a pipe-line system operated by a public gas transporter, and “relevant transport” shall be construed accordingly.

(1)

Section 7 was substituted by section 5 of the Gas Act 1995.